MARK GROTJAHN (B. 1968)

Lot 89
28.05.2023 19:00UTC +08:00
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HKD 15 000 000
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ID 966396
Lot 89 | MARK GROTJAHN (B. 1968)
Estimate value
HKD 15 000 000 – 20 000 000
MARK GROTJAHN (B. 1968)
Untitled (Orange Butterfly Blue MG03) #1
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'M03G' (lower edge)
oil on linen
91.4 x 71.1 cm. (36 x 28 in.)
MARK GROTJAHN
Painted in 2003



Provenance

Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

Private collection, Los Angeles

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012



Literature

Mark Grotjahn, exh. cat., Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, 2012 (illustrated, pp. 20-21 and 118).

Mark Grotjahn: Butterfly Paintings, exh. cat., Blum & Poe, New York, 2014 (illustrated, pp. 16-17 and 47).

J. Finkel, “Childlike, but Hardly Child’s Play,” The New York Times, 11 May 2014 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Aspen Art Museum, Mark Grotjahn, February-April 2012.

New York, Blum & Poe, Mark Grotjahn: Butterfly Paintings, May-June 2014.



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